Brace tie-plate.



O. J. GADD.

BRAGE TIE PLATE:

APPLIOATION FILED 001.27, 1909.

983,81 .8; Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

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INVENTOR ma af sr,

ATTORNEY G. J. GADD. I

BRAOE TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 27, 1909.

Patented Feb.'?', 1911.

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A TTORNEY UNITED sr TEsP TE T OFFICE.

CHARLES-J. camp, or s'rnnmon, E'NNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN0R or renter-NINE ONE- HUNDREDTHS To EDWARD r. rr wELL, or LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

Jansen TIE-PLATE.

"To-all whom it concern:- 4

ments in- Brace Tie-Plates, of which'the fol-1 lowing is aspecification. I

My invention relatesto improvements in brace t1e-platesforrailway ra ls, and the objects of niyinvention are to furnish a brace tie-plate, integrally constructed, the initial cost of u-'hicl1. will be small, whiclfwill be veryelficient, which will not be apt to bend orspread in use, and which can be used equally well upon straight or curved track or, by increasing the length of the part forming "the tie-plate, and by using a riser plate, at switches.-- j

an L shape'whieh I shear into suitable lengths and finally bend in dies to the required shape; Upon one or both legs of the section may be rolled ribs for strengthening the completed article or for forming anchors 'to assist in securing it to the tie..

In the accompanyingdrawings forming )art of this specification, and in which similarletters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views: Figure 1, is

a perspective view of one form of speciallyrolled section from which mybrace-tie-plate may be formed. Fig. 2, a perspective view of another form of section from which the brace-tie-plate may be formed. Fig. 3, a perspective view of a completed tie-plate and rail-brace, made from the section shown in Fig. 1, applied to a rail; Fig. 4, a. perspective view of-a completed tie-plate and ra 1l-'. brace, made from the section shown in Flg.

2, applied to a rail; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the bracetie-plate arranged for use at a switch, a riser plate for elevating the switch rail being shown on the top of the tie plate; Fig. 6, a section through the railbrace on line A-A Fig. 4; Fig. 7, a section through the rail-brace on line -B-B, Fig. 3.

The brace tie-plate is formed from a single piece of L shaped metal which is bent in dies to the desired shape, one leg of the L shaped piece forming the tie plate, the other the rail brace. y i

In Figs. 1 and lare shown twoformsof specifieatio ue Patent Patented Feb. 7, 1911. Application filed October- 27; 1909. Serial m.-5 24,7s5. i

'L shaped rolled sections from which my brace tie-plate may be formed. In Fig. .1

the leg (1 is shown furnished with a sharp lug 0 upon its underside and the leg-b with ribs (Z upon its outer side, the section being adapted :to be sheared transversely upon the line e, midway between the ribs (Z, to form the blanks out of-which the com- 'pleted article is formed.

In Fig. 3 the completed brace-tie-plate the tie plate and 'thefleg 6 being bent down.

over the logo and bent so as to engage the top of the base of the rail, the side of the web and the under part of the head.

In order to give rigidity and strength to the rail "brace it is arched -.longitudinally, its

p v I sides being bent inwardly so as to engage My tie-plate and rail-brace is formed from. a specially rolled section of metal which has brace, preferably after, holes are punched for the spikes f.

InFig. 4 a perspective-view of a brace-v tie-plate made from the section shown in Fig. 2 is shown. \Vith'the exception of 'the lip gand the rib a this article is similar to that shown in-Fig. 3. The'use of the lip g is an advantage .in that the spike holes are more easily punched in it than throughthe edge of the angle of the blank shown in Fig. 1, and it also gives a greater base to the.completed article.

From both Figs. 3 and 4 it will be seen that the leg I) bent over so, as to en age the top ofthe base of the rail Without old- =-ing the metal over on itself .as isthe case when such an article is formed from a flat blank thus reducing the liability of the railbrace springing away from the tie-plate.

in Fig.5 the article as arranged to carry a iser plate h is shown. This necessitates a longer part a which is furnished with holes z to pass .tlie lugs j on "the inner end of the riser plate'which lock this end of the plate,

to the tie plate'a, the outer end-of the riser plate being secured by the spikes f. When a' riscrplate' is used the inner end thereof 3 engages and holds the side of theibase of the rail without the use of spikes bemg necessary at this point.

Having thus described my invention, I

- is flat to form a tie-plate and furnished with a lip projecting past the vertical leg.

lo substantially L shaped rolled metal epntirm claim as new and desire to secure by Letters the vertical leg of, which is bent to form a Patent: 1 rail-brace and the horizontal leg of which 1. A brace-tie-plateconstructed from a 1s flat to form a tie-plate and furnished with substantially L shaped rolled metal section a lip projecting past the vertical leg and the vertical leg of which is bent to form a upon the under side with a lug 0.

rail-brace and the horizontal leg of which CHARLES J. GADD.

Witnesses: v

C. E. UHLAND, ALBERT F. LEEDS.

2. A brace-tle-plate constructed from a 

